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  All About Me! My Life as a Teenager

  While supplies last, you save $1.75 (25%) This booklet helps teenagers with any diagnosis or special needs describe themselves and their disability.  It helps teenagers become self-advocates in school and in the community as they prepare for adulthood.  Using short narratives and checklists, this tool provides detailed information to negotiate accommodations and compensatory strategies in school.  It can be used independently by teenagers or with parents and therapists to identify current strengths, needs and strategies as well as long-term goals to

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  American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes. Fourth edition

  This one-volume sourcebook contains all the information needed to live an active, healthy life with diabetes. Complete revised in 2005, this home reference contains information on the best self-care techniques and the latest medical advances.This well-designed, very clearly written compendium encourages diabetics “to mesh the day-to-day management of diabetes” into the routine of their lives.

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  Bipolar Disorder in Childhood and Early Adolescence

  This volume provides a state-of-the-science review of knowledge on bipolar disorder in children, covering all aspects of theory, research, and practice. Leading clinical researchers address such topics as epidemiology, diagnosis and assessment, comorbidity, and outcomes. A range of different treatment approaches are described and evaluated, including pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and family-based psychoeducation and support. Compelling findings are also presented on the neurobiological and genetic bases of the disorder.

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  Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment Approach. Second edition

  Now in a revised and updated second edition, this indispensable guide details an empirically supported approach for helping patients and family members to understand bipolar disorder, communicate more effectively, solve practical problems related to the illness, and reduce the risk and severity of relapse. The volume has been revised throughout with the latest knowledge on all aspects of the illness and its biological and psychosocial treatment.

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  Bipolar Patterns in Children

  A developmental bio-psychosocial framework for the early identification, assessment, preventive intervention, and treatment of children with bipolar patterns.Stanley I. Greenspan, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders, is a practicing child psychiatrist, founding president of Zero to Three: The National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families and a supervising child psychoanalyst at he Washington Psychoanalytic Institute.

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  Brain Injury

  This practical user friendly manual helps families understand the consequences of brain injury. By explaining medical terms in clear language, readers will understand the various types of brain injury and the rehabilitation process.   There are detailed descriptions of how a brain injury can affect physical abilities, memory, cognition (thinking and learning), behavior, emotions, and communication.   Each section describes changes that families may see in the person with a brain injury and gives suggestions for how to help.

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  Breaking Free from OCD

  Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a potentially lifelong debilitating disorder, which often emerges during teenage years and affects as many as 1 in every 50 people. Young people living with OCD experience recurrent obsessions or compulsions that are distressing and interfere with their social lives, relationships, educational functioning and careers.Written by leading experts on OCD, this step-by-step guide is written for adolescents with OCD and their families, to be used in home treatment or as a self-help book.

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  Children with Tourette Syndrome. Second edition

  Now an updated edition. There’s new information on the latest research and medical developments in the field, and sections on education, legal rights, family life, daily care, and emotional issues are thoroughly revised.Written by leading experts in the field and experienced parents, Children with Tourette syndrome provides an excellent blend of professional expertise and empathetic advice.

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  Conquering Eating Disorders

  One out of every one hundred young women is anorexic. Four out of every one hundred are bulimic. Overall, research suggests that eight million Americans–men and women–have an eating disorder.

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